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NEW The History Press The South Carolina State Hospital, SC 9781467144728 Landma

NEW The History Press The South Carolina State Hospital, SC 9781467144728 Landma Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state.Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on […]

NEW The History Press Cincinnati Curiosities, OH 9781467152822 Trade Paperback

NEW The History Press Cincinnati Curiosities, OH 9781467152822 Trade Paperback Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, somewhat Germanic, little backwater. History tells us otherwise. Old Cincinnati was a pretty strange place. UFOs? Witchcraft? Sea monsters? Occult societies? […]

Scotland School for Veterans’ Children

Scotland School for Veterans’ Children Beginning as a school for Civil War orphans, the Scotland School for Veterans’ Children became a unique center for education in the heart of Pennsylvania. The school aimed to develop disciplined, patriotic and productive citizens. As the nation became engulfed in the wars of the twentieth century, the Scotland School […]

NEW The History Press Hidden History of Rochester, Minnesota, MN 9781467149532 H

NEW The History Press Hidden History of Rochester, Minnesota, MN 9781467149532 H The author of Lost Rochester explores more Med City history beyond the medicine. Stories surrounding the establishment of Rochester as a medical mecca are well documented and often showcased, but countless other tales haven’t received as much attention. William Costley, son of the […]

Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis and Other Army Posts

Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis and Other Army Posts From a headless burial to cocaine toothache drops, the true stories hidden in the Wild West’s medical records are a match for its tallest tales.In the 19th century, when dying young was a fact of life, a routine bout of diarrhea could be fatal. No one […]